Local product, ex-Mariner Voth signs minors deal with Toronto

Redmond native and former Seattle Mariners pitcher Austin Voth signed a minor league contract with the Toronto Blue Jays last Wednesday.

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Voth also pitched for the UW Huskies in college.

The 33-year-old is currently pitching for Toronto’s Triple-A affiliate in Buffalo.

Voth last pitched in the majors during the 2024 season with his hometown Mariners. The right-hander appeared in 68 games that season, compiling a 2-5 record, 3.69 ERA, 1.05 WHIP, 61 strikeouts and 18 walks over 61 innings.

Voth played overseas in 2025 with the Chiba Lotte Marines of Nippon Professional Baseball in Japan. He had a 3-9 record, 3.96 ERA and 1.26 WHIP with 92 strikeouts and 28 walks over 125 innings in 22 games.

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Voth has pitched in seven MLB seasons for the Mariners, Washington Nationals and Baltimore Orioles. In 207 career games (39 starts), he has a 17-19 record, 4.70 ERA and 1.34 WHIP with 343 strikeouts and 129 walks over 360 1/3 innings.

A fifth-round pick by the Nationals in 2013, Voth played three college seasons at UW. He finished third in the Pac-12 with 98 strikeouts while going 7-6 with a 2.99 ERA over 105 1/3 innings in 17 games (15 starts) during his final season 2013.

Voth won a Class 4A state title in 2010 with Covington’s Kentwood High School.

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